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13 Jun 2007, 6:46 am
A June 2007 study, New Burdens But Few Benefits, conducted by Deanne Loonin, John Rao and Mallory SoRelle of the National Consumer Law Center concluded that credit counseling and education programs imposed upon debtors under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 are not effective in the way Congress intended. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 8:08 am
Heck, we could write a daily column as could anyone in the consumer protection business.There are lots of ways to deal with consumer issues, and they don't all involve lawyers, and there is a lot of useful advice out there from Consumer Reports to Nolo Press to Shlep to the National Consumer Law Center to HALT, etc. [read post]
New Article: “Discovering that the Poor Pay More: Race Riots, Poverty, and the Rise of Consumer Law”
26 Mar 2018, 8:43 pm
This article addresses why this work propelled the reconstruction of consumer financial protection law, by placing it within the context of widespread urban rioting and the civil rights movements of the 1960s. [read post]
19 Feb 2022, 9:04 pm
– OPINION – A year ago the Center for Science in the Public Interest urged the Food and Drug Administration to protect consumers from unprocessed poppy seeds contaminated with naturally occurring opiate residues. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 3:39 pm
” In addition to Consumer Watchdog, the following signed the letter to President Obama: Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Digital Democracy, Alvaro Bedoya of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law (Affiliation for identification purposes only), Common Sense Media, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, National Consumers… [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 3:38 pm
Other consumer class action lawsuits our firm has been involved in or spear-headed have led to substantial awards totalling over a million dollars to organizations including the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and local law school consumer programs. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 4:35 pm
The group aims to partner with government officials, health providers, law enforcement, and other groups to educate patients about finding safe medicine online; aid law enforcement efforts; and create a public list of safe websites for consumers. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 11:00 am
” Another way to see it is that consumer protection claims arise along a spectrum: On one end, plainly fanciful or unreasonable interpretations of a product’s labeling are subject to dismissal. [read post]
19 Nov 2018, 6:00 am
"State Consumer Protection Laws May Not Cover Attorneys.Maintaining coverage of attorneys under the FDCPA is important because many states do not have laws that are equivalent to the FDCPA. [read post]
7 Jul 2021, 4:21 pm
We also need strong public enforcement, from regulators such as attorneys general, consumer protection bureaus, or data privacy authorities. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 5:11 pm
Here's another brief in the case - - this one filed by the National Consumer Law Center and the National Association of Consumer Advocates. [read post]
30 Dec 2010, 11:13 am
The National Consumer Law Center has published this helpful nine-page report on the role of the states (and those seeking to enforce state law) under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 2:15 am
He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. [read post]
12 Apr 2012, 4:00 am
Humphrey was recently chosen to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Older Americans. [read post]
31 Dec 2019, 7:10 am
While EFF supports federal legislation that actually protects consumer data privacy, we have long opposed doing so if the price is preemption of stronger state laws. [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 8:18 am
Some admission agreements skirt state and federal laws, misleading consumers about the care they can expect and inducing them to sign away critical consumer protections. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 2:32 pm
Class action lawsuits our law firm has been involved in or spear-headed have led to substantial awards totalling over a million dollars to organizations including the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, and local law school consumer programs. [read post]
28 Sep 2023, 9:22 am
The Biden administration, which represents the CFPB, warns that a ruling for the challengers could call into question not only the payday-lending rule at the center of this case but also a wide swath of other regulations that protect consumers. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 3:00 am
Check out the new Practical Guidance Author Center ! [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 10:21 pm
The National Whistleblower Center is sponsoring the first training seminar covering the newly enacted whistleblower protection provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Act of 2008. [read post]
